At some 8:30pm on Saturday nighttime , an explosionshook Manhattannear 23rd St and Sixth Avenue . The New York Police Department and Fire Department are on the scene but have n’t yet confirmed the cause . So far , thereare 25 account injuriesand no fatalities .

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New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio said at a press conference later on in the evening that the explosion was “ an designed act ” but did not connect it to an act of act of terrorism . Initial reports claim that the explosioncame from a dumpster .

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— NYPDCounterterrorism ( @NYPDCT)September 18 , 2016

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Two building near the detonation were evacuated immediately , and some bystandersreportedthe smell of powder in the tune . The FBI reportedly arrived on the scene within the hour :

FBI on scene#manhattan#explosion#chelseapic.twitter.com / jndHkXOBpB

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Regarding those hurt , FDNY reports :

25 injuries to civilians confirm at 133 W 23 St#Chelsea . None appear to be life history - threatening at this clock time

— FDNY ( @FDNY)September 18 , 2016

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Mere minutes after the burst , Donald Trump landed in Colorado Springsand say , “ Just before I got off the airplane , a bomb went off in New York and nobody knows on the dot what ’s going on , but , boy we are really in a sentence . ” Trump tot up , “ We well get very tough , folk . ”

It remains unreadable whether the plosion was actually because of a bomb calorimeter .

Earlier in the sidereal day , a pipe dud explode near a 5 K run in Seaside Park , New Jersey . That gadget was manifestly engraft in a rubbish can . No injuries were report in New Jersey , and federal agency do not yet know if the Chelsea plosion is touch .

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